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Flag pretext to invade, a complete with a graphic propaganda video depicting a phony attack on russia or russian personnel. there is a lot to talk about. matthew chance is in the european capital tonight. what have you heard? >> yeah, u.s. and diplomats now expressing their alarm at the buildup of russian forces near the ukrainian border inside belarus. theyre calling it a big worry. theyre saying that a massive force like that building up in the neighboring country of belarus is a crucial piece...

Russians of preparing a false flag pretext to invade, a graphic propaganda video depicting a phony attack on personnel. matthew chance is in the european capital tonight. what have you heard? >> reporter: there have been diplomats now expressing their alarm at the buildup of russian forces near the ukrainian border inside belarus. theyre calling it a big worry. theyre saying that a massive force like that building up in the neighboring country of belarus is a crucial piece. if russia, for instan...

Afternoon for a bail hearing. joining us now cnns ryan young with more. you have been on the story since the beginning. it goes from an explosive claim of a modern day lynching now to smollett facing a felony charge for filing a false report. >> reporter: this is so tough. you think about all the details. first lets deal with the modern day lynching part, the idea that a noose could be tied on a black mans neck here in chicago and he can be attacked sent a shock wave through the country and for ...

Incident and while they were out of the country. >> jussie sdand the brothers yo mean? >> do you know that jussie tried to make contact with the brothers after the attack? >> like moments afterwards? so we know that they talked at least an hour or so before the attack and an hour or so after the attack and then while they were out of the country. we know that they were talking. >> do you know if jussie tried to recruit other people to stage the attack? >> i dont know that they were his first cho...

The current narrative that is out there about how much jussie paid the brothers is incorrect. can police speak to what evidence they may have that jussie orchestrated this attack, asked the brothers to carry out the attack? and was there evidence of money payments? >> we have the check that he used to pay them. the 3,500 was for the two of them in total. and then 500 upon return. >> wausz there like an attack on the street? or did it take place somewhere else? how did that work? >> it took place...

Department and also as a city. we do not nor do we ever tolerate hate in our city whether that hate is based on agindividuals sexual orientation, race or anything else. so im offended by what has happened and im also angry. i love the city of chicago and the chicago police department. but this publicity stunt was a scar that chicago didnt earn and certainly didnt deserve. to make things worse, the accusations within this phony attack received national attention for weeks. celebrities, news comme...

When that didnt work smollett paid $3,500 to stage this attack and drag chicagos reputation through the mud in the process. and why? the stunt was orchestrated by smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary. so he concocted a story about being attacked. now, our city has problems, we know that. we have problems that have affected people from all walks of life. and we know that. but to put the national spotlight on chicago for something that is both egregious and untrue is simply shamefu...

Clear whether smollett has admitted guilt at this point. you saw the police superintendent there at the end said he wants an apology and an admission and pay back the cost of this. not clear, but on motive, really a remarkable disturbing revelation. >> absolutely. first things first here. i was told the motive maybe two or three days ago by a source. i didnt feel comfortable repeating it because i didnt believe that is what they would come forward with. listen to his words as he talked about the...

Alternative. how cute. he would rather freeze than enter trump tower. i just couldnt resist. heres my advice. since youve been operating in an alternative universe for years, they should be easy for you. try the russian tea room, maybe well finally find find your collusion. thats all the time we have tonight. up next, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team take it from here. >> shannon: thank you so much. with a copywriter in the studio. stop by anytime. we begin with a fox news alert. ri...

Anti-second amendment and horrible on the virginia economy. vote ed gillespie today. how much is the presidents attention stirring things up, peter? >> the tweet is getting attention on both sides of the race here in virginia. one of the democratic senators here in the commonwealth, once a governor himself tim kaine is defending the democratic candidate with this. he says actually, ralph northam is a great vet and understands service and sacrifice. need another reason to vote ralph, this phony a...